Meaning of the name Shû King. The Shû existed as a collection of documents before Confucius. Number of documents in it in his time. The Preface ascribed to him. The sources of the Shû. Destruction of the classical literature by the emperor of Khin. Recovery of the Shû.

Are the records reliable or not? The Books of Kâu; of Shang; of Hsiâ. The Books of Thang and Yü; are professedly later compilations; legendary; based on ancient documents. The Tribute of Yü. Yâo, Shun, and Yü are all historical personages.

No detailed chronological system can be made out from Shû. Attempts at systematic chronology began in the Han period. Ancient method of determining the length of Chinese history. The period of the Kâu dynasty; of the Shang; of the Hsiâ; of the Yâo and Shun.

A Chart by the Rev. Professor Pritchard, representing the principal zodiacal stars above the horizon of any place in central China, about the year B. C. 2300; with note, and table of the apparent positions of the principal stars in B. C. 2300, B. C. 1500, A. D. 1, A. D. 1000, and A. D. 1878

Statement of the Sze-mâ Khien; in the Records of the Sui Dynasty; of Kû Hsî. View of the author. Groundlessness of Khien's statement. What Confucius did for the Shih.

III.

The Shih from the time of Confucius till the General Acknowledgment of the Present Text

285

From Confucius to the rise of the Khin dynasty. The Shih was all recovered after the fires of Khin. Three different texts:- of Lu; of Khi; of Han Ying. The text of Mao.

IV.

The Formation of the Collection of the Shih; how it came to be so Small and Incomplete; the interpretation and Authors of the Pieces; one Point of Time certainly indicated in it; and the Confucian Preface

290

The theory of the Chinese scholars about a collection of poems for governmental purposes. The music-master of the king got the odes of each sate from its music-master; and the collected poems were dissembinated throughout the states. How the Shih is so small and incomplete. The authors of the pieces. The year B.C. 776 clearly indicted. The Preface to the Shih.

Odes of the Temple and the Alter.

1.

The Sacrificial Odes of Shang

303

2.

The Sacrificial Odes of Kau. Decade i

313

The Sacrificial Odes of Kau. Decade ii

320

The Sacrificial Odes of Kau. Decade iii

328

3.

The Sacrificial Odes of Lû

336

The Minor Odes of the Kingdom.

Decade i.

Odes 5, 6, 9

347

Decade iv.

Odes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

349

Decade v.

Odes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9

358

Decade vi.

Odes 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

364

Decade vii.

Odes 1, 6

373

Decade viii.

Odes 5

376

The Major Odes of the Kingdom.

Decade i.

Odes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

377

Decade ii.

Odes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10

396

Decade iii.

Odes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11

410

Lessons from the States.

Book 2.

Odes 2, 4

430

Book 3.

Odes 4, 15

410

Book 4.

Odes 1, 3, 6

434

Book 5.

Odes 4

437

Book 6.

Odes 1, 9

438

Book 10.

Odes 8, 11

440

Book 11.

Odes 6

442

Book 15.

Odes 1

444

THE HSIÂO.Introduction.

CHAP.

I.

The Name of the Classic; its Existence before the Han Dynasty; its Contents, and by whom it was written

449

Meaning of the character Hsiâo. Was the treatise called the Hsiâo King by Confucius? It existed before the Han dynasty during the time of the Kâu. It came, probably, from the school of ℨăng-𝔷ze.

II.

The Recovery of the Hsiâo under the Han Dynasty, and its Preservation down to the Publication of the Commentary of the Thang Emporer Hsüan ℨung

452

Recovery of the Hsiâo. The shorter or modern text. The older or long text. Was another copy in the old text discovered? Can we fully rely on the copies catalogued by Liû Hin? From Khung An-kwo to the emperor Hsüan ℨung. The emporer's work. Hsing Ping's work.

III.

Criticism of the Hsiâo since the Thang Dynasty

458

Works on the old text by Sze-mâ Kwang and Fan ℨû-yü. Sceptical criticism;—views of Kû Hsî and Wû Khăng. Conclusion regarding the genuineness and integrity of the Hsiâo. Note on the translation.

1.

The Scope and Meaning of the Treatise

465

2.

Filial Piety in the Son of Heaven

467

3.

Filial Piety in the Princes of States

468

4.

Filial Piety in High Ministers and Great Officers

469

5.

Filial Piety in Inferior Officers

470

6.

Filial Piety in Common People

471

7.

Filial Piety in Relation to the Three Powers

472

8.

Filial Piety in Government

474

9.

The Government of the Sages

476

10.

An Orderly Description of the Acts of Filial Piety

480

11.

Filial Piety in Relation to the Five Punishments

481

12.

Amplification of 'the All-embracing Rule of Conduct' in Chapter 1

481

13.

Amplification of 'the Perfect Virtue' in Chapter 1

482

14.

Amplification of 'Making our Name Famous' in Chapter 1

483

15.

Filial Piety in Relation to Reproof and Remonstrance

483

16.

The Influence of Filial Piety and the Response to it

484

17.

The Service of the Ruler

486

18.

Filial Piety in Mourning for Parents

487

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East